League programs

Trainer Card Program

Our flagship programme. It is a way to build your skills and prove them, climbing through four ranks by earning badges — and, if you get far enough, challenging the Elite 4 to become a League Champion.

The four ranks

Badges

Ask a professor to record a badge once you have earned it. They keep the record, so nothing is lost if you forget.

Chaos Cup

A Pokémon TCG tournament with the rules bent. Same deck, same Swiss rounds — but each round has extra rules in play, and they change from round to round and from event to event.

What a Chaos Cup is, and some of the rules we have played with

Prize wall

1. You earn prize points by taking part in league activities. Every way to earn is listed below.

2. Ask a professor for your point total.

3. Spend your prize points at the prize wall by trading points for items.

4. Suggest new activities and earn even more.

See the prize wall items and what they cost

Ways to earn prize points

Point values are the standard award; a professor may award more for a bonus or a one-off. An entry marked with a question mark means the professor decides the amount. Prize points never reset, so it is fine to save up for something larger.

Rentable resources

Short of damage counters, dice, a playmat, or anything else you need to play? Tell a professor and we will find you something to use. There is no charge and no deposit — just hand it back at the end of the day.

Rental decks

We keep decks you can borrow for the afternoon. Ask a professor and they will set you up. Each one is marked Current if it is up to date with the format, or Needs updating if it is still playable but behind.

Rental Deck Bounties

Decks we would like to add to the shelf. Build one and donate it, and it goes out to players who have not got one of their own.

• 10 prize points for building and donating a rental deck.
• 20 prize points if it is on the bounty list below.

Tell a professor before you start building. Two people turning up with the same deck helps nobody, and we would rather point you at something we are still missing than see you spend money twice.

Loyalty program

Continental Cards runs this one. Come to league consistently across a set release window, and you earn the right to buy that new set's products at MSRP.

Attendance is counted in Sundays. Playing in the tournament or just playing casually both count, and a professor records it for you. Reach a threshold and you may buy that tier's product, or any tier below it.

Thresholds and products change from one release to the next, so check back here rather than relying on last time. Once a set is out you have three Sundays to buy, at the tournament space.